Vadodara/Surat: Till recently, 12-year-old Saahil Parikh (name changed) was an active child, always on the move. However, he has changed in the past one year. Along with his disproportionate weight gain, he now gets tired very easily, said his worried parents.
They voiced their concern to a paediatrician about their child’s physical health. “With negligible exercise, children between 5 years and 15 years have been gaining three to five kilograms weight more than they should normally gain annually,” explained said Dr Bankim Parikh, paediatrician, Vadodara.
And there are many others like Saahil who hardly got any physical exercise due to the restrictions imposed both by the government as well as Covid-wary parents. While the virus has not infected the adolescents physically, its ominous presence was enough to wreak havoc on their overall health, claim doctors.